Mildred Webb
Funeral arrangements for Mildred Webb, age 88 are pending with Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mildred passed away Monday, April 25, 2016 at Sulphur Springs Health & Rehab.
Warren Attaway
Funeral services for Warren Attaway, age 89 of Yantis will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 28, 2016 at First Baptist Church – Yantis with Gale Kimbrough and Dwayne Attaway officiating. Interment will follow at Yantis Cemetery with Carroll Dean Attaway, Douglas Attaway, Ronnie Day, James Jennings, Gary Mallet and Tommy Swarigen serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are David Attaway, Donny Day, Neil Norton and the...
Don “Donnie” Coleman
Funeral services for Don “Donnie” Coleman, age 74 of Sulphur Springs will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Johnny Wheat officiating. Interment will follow at Sherley Cemetery with Roy Taylor, Floyd Taylor, Ryan Curry, Jackie Normandeau, Jerry Keller, Billy Capps, Kevin Micks, Sr. and Chris Spencer serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, April...
Education Foundation Expo Features Eight Grant Winning Projects
Eight grant winning projects will be featured Wednesday during the 2016 Education Foundation Expo at the Hopkins County Civic Center. The Sulphur Springs Independent School District invites all local businesses and community members to join them for the Expo from at 11:30 a.m. until at 1:00 pm. Tickets are $15 for the event, which includes lunch provided by the SSHS Culinary Arts students. The Expo will showcase the eight...
Lady Cats Open Bi-District Play at Home Thursday
Lady Cats softball begins playoff action Thursday, April 28th, with a best of three bi-district series against Corsicana. Thursday night, the Lady Cats host at Lady Cat Park at 6:30 p.m. and then travel to Corsicana for game two Friday night at 6:30. If a third game is needed, the two teams meet at North Forney High School field at 1 p.m. Saturday.
North Hopkins ISD Lone Finalist Choice Raises Questions
Dr. Darin Jolly was named lone finalist for the position of Superintendent of North Hopkins Schools during a board meeting this week according to a member of the North Hopkins School staff. Jolly was named to replace Donna George. However Jolley recently resigned under duress as Superintendent of Kenedy ISD after admitting blame in an effort to shield a student or students from being found to use a prohibited substance. In a...
Lady Cats Impressive on Senior Night
This time there was no Pine Tree rally. Last month in Pine Tree, the Lady Cats saw the Lady Pirates come back from a 7-1 deficit to defeat the Lady Cats. Saturday evening, the Lady Cats won in impressive fashion, 8-1 at Lady Cat Park. Freshman Bricklee Driver drove in five runs with a two-RBI single and a three-run home run. The Lady Cats two seniors also came through big on Senior Night. Molly Johnston drove in two runs with a single...
Wildcats Suffer Saturday Loss to Hallsville
It went from feast to famine for the Wildcats in a 6-0 district loss to Hallsville Saturday afternoon at Eagle Stadium. After scoring 12 runs on 11 hits against Pine Tree Friday night, the Wildcats were shut out Saturday as they managed only two hits. Cole Cooper and Mason Buck got singles. Hallsville scratched out two runs in the second, one in the third, one in the fifth and two in the sixth. They had only six hits. Tyler Follis...
College Honor Society Inducts 22 PJC-Sulphur Springs Campus Students
More than 100 new members of the Beta Zeta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the two-year college honor society, were inducted at Paris Junior College this semester. PTK offers $37 million in transfer scholarships to more than 700 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and online. Members are also eligible to apply for scholarships and award programs to assist them with costs of attending two-year schools....
SSHS Area Track Medalists
Jacob Gatewood is Area Track Champion in both the 1600 meter run and the 3200 meter run–on to regional. Wildcat distance runner Jacob Gatewood claimed first place in both long races at the area track meet in Whitehouse. Friday Gatewood took first in the 1600-meter run. Thursday he took first in the 3200-meter run defeating a runner who had been beating him all season long. Gatewood qualified for the regional meet in Arlington...
